Новости за 31.05.2018

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia set to expand Medicaid after state Senate gives approval, ending yearslong partisan battle.

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DETROIT (AP) — Wayne State University has a message for former students who owe money to the Detroit school: Come back and let's make a deal. Wayne State says it will gradually forgive up to $1,500 in debt if a student returns and enrolls full-time. If a student successfully completes a semester, one-third of the debt will be dropped. Every successful semester will erase more debt. The school is holding information sessions on June 28 and June 30. Wayne State is calling the program "Warrior Way Back." Dawn Medley... Читать дальше...

A woman’s body was found in a stairwell at San Francisco General Hospital’s power plant building Wednesday afternoon, officials said. A hospital staff member discovered the body at about 1 p.m., said Rachael Kagan, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco Department of Public Health. The woman has not yet been identified. Kagan said she didn’t know if the woman was a hospital employee or patient, or affiliated with San Francisco General. The cause of death also is not known. Читать дальше...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina budget alterations for next year received initial approval Wednesday by the state Senate. GOP lawmakers who authored the changes emphasized increased public education spending and employee pay, while Democrats blasted both the content and process by which the adjustments came about. On a near party-line vote, senators voted 36-14 for a $23.9 billion proposal that adjusts the second year of the two-year state government budget approved last June. The spending plan... Читать дальше...

At least seven vegetation fires erupted Wednesday afternoon and rapidly burned through 500 acres within an hour due to high winds near Byron, authorities said. The blazes, dubbed the Grant Fire, were reported just after 2 p.m. at Grant Line and Mountain House roads by the Altamont Pass, according to Cal Fire. Two of the fires were in Alameda County and five were in Contra Costa County, said Cal Fire Battalion Chief Jonathan Cox. Multiple structures are threatened, he said. Читать дальше...

Ride services Buffett had looked at Uber Warren Buffett proposed investing $3 billion in Uber Technologies this year, but the talks fell apart following disagreements over the terms and size of the deal, people familiar with the matter said. The now-dead Uber transaction is reminiscent of the winning bet Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway made on Goldman Sachs Group during the financial crisis. Читать дальше...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Senate agreed to grant Gov. Rick Snyder's plan to revitalize Michigan's workforce $100 million on Wednesday, upping the House's $75 million offer last month. Lawmakers voted 30-2 to establish a fund within the state's Higher Education Student Loan Authority for Snyder's plan this upcoming fiscal year. Most of the money would be funneled into scholarships, career counseling, teacher grants and career-oriented programs within high schools in order to maintain a pipeline... Читать дальше...

It’s an all-access pass, an opportunity to influence a $118 billion investing giant from the inside. And BlackRock got one. Hired by UC to advise on private equity deals, the world’s largest asset manager has embedded an executive at the system’s investing office in Oakland, gaining a true seat at the table with the managers who write the checks. The arrangement, which started in July, gives BlackRock a mandate to screen and vet opportunities — and most importantly... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was indicted Wednesday on rape and criminal sex act charges, furthering the first criminal case to arise from a slate of sexual misconduct allegations against the former movie mogul. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. said the indictment brings Weinstein "another step closer to accountability" for alleged attacks on two women in New York. Weinstein's lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, said he would "vigorously defend" against the indictment and ask a court to dismiss it. Читать дальше...

Quarterback Derek Carr is exceedingly positive, yet even he acknowledges that last season, as the Raiders were stumbling from preseason darlings to a 6-10 record, wore on him. “It was hard,” Carr said Tuesday. “It’s hard to lose - especially when certain things, you’re just like, man, why is this happening? You try and work longer hours. You try and work harder and you can’t figure it out. It does feel nice to hit the reset button, start over.” The Raiders pummeled that button by hiring Jon Gruden... Читать дальше...

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on the resignation of Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (all times local): 5:30 p.m. A former Missouri Supreme Court chief justice says a prosecutor's agreement to drop a criminal case against Gov. Eric Greitens following his resignation is "a good result for him." Michael Wolff said Wednesday that it's possible that Greitens supporters were counting Missouri House votes on his impeachment and concluded he couldn't avoid it. Greitens plans to step down Friday. Wolff... Читать дальше...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Inbee Park’s 12th U.S. Women’s Open already stands out for a gloomy reason: the rain-soaked course at Shoal Creek. The picturesque course had been drenched by nearly 5 inches of rain this week as of Wednesday afternoon, with the effects of Subtropical Storm Alberto adding onto earlier rains. “This is probably the wettest conditions I have ever seen in a U.S. Women’s Open,” said Park, a South Korean who won in 2008 and 2013. “We just don’t know what’s going to happen. Читать дальше...

Draymond Green cultivates a contentious relationship with the rest of the league, but his actual NBA nemesis is probably not who you'd expect.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska is joining Iowa and the city of Council Bluffs in a lawsuit to challenge the federal government's approval of a tribal casino near Omaha. Attorney General Doug Peterson announced his role Wednesday in the legal challenge to prevent the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska from building the casino in Carter Lake, Iowa. The National Indian Gaming Commission ruled last year that the tribe can put a casino on five acres of trust land in the city. Carter Lake is the only city in Iowa located west of the Missouri River... Читать дальше...

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston TV station that flooded during live coverage of Hurricane Harvey last year is being demolished. The Houston Chronicle reports that the former KHOU-TV complex property along Buffalo Bayou has also been sold. Appraisal records estimate the site is worth at least $13 million. KHOU posted video of water pushing through a front door and staff evacuating as the lobby flooded on Aug. 27. The hurricane and heavy rains that followed devastated parts of Houston and the Texas coast. Читать дальше...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's emergency alert systems blasted a cryptic alert to cellphones around the capital city, panicking residents by telling them simply "Civil Emergency" and "Prepare for Action" and leaving off that the threat was toxic algae at a local water supply. Officials wanted to warn Salem-area residents Tuesday night that elevated levels of a natural toxin caused by the algae bloom had made area tap water unsafe for children and people with compromised immune systems. But that information got cut off... Читать дальше...

BEND, Ore. (AP) — Human remains discovered last week in central Oregon are those of Sara Gomez, a Bend woman missing since February, the Oregon State Medical Examiner determined Wednesday. Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said the cause and manner of death are still under investigation, but authorities believe the 24-year-old woman was killed by her ex-boyfriend, Bryan Penner. "In the final months of her life she found peace as she had finally broken free of the abusive relationship... Читать дальше...

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The Latest on the Scripps National Spelling Bee (all times local): 6:05 p.m. Forty-one spellers have advanced to the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee out of a field of 516, by far the biggest in the 93-year history of the competition. The finalists were announced Wednesday after two days of onstage spelling during which nearly 200 spellers were eliminated for getting words wrong. Scores on a written spelling and vocabulary test determined who advanced to the finals. Читать дальше...

MELVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — The Latest on small vintage plane crash on Long Island (all times local): 6:15 p.m. A pilot who died when a small vintage airplane crashed in a wooded residential area in suburban New York has been identified as a U.S. Naval Academy graduate. A spokeswoman for GEICO Skytypers Air Show Team confirms Ken Johansen was killed in the crash of the World War II-era plane Wednesday in Melville, Long Island. Spokeswoman Benda Little says Johansen also was a naval aviator and a professional airline pilot. Читать дальше...

A wireless update of antilock braking software improved the stopping distance of Tesla’s electric Model 3, prompting Consumer Reports to reverse course and give the car its “Recommended Buy” rating. The magazine said Wednesday that the update cut 19 feet off the car’s stopping distance from 60 mph. A previous test — the results of which were released a little more than a week ago — found that it took 152 feet for the Model S compact car to stop from 60, the longest braking distance of any modern car the magazine has tested. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on a New York rape case against Harvey Weinstein (all times local): 6:15 p.m. Harvey Weinstein's lawyer says the former film producer will "vigorously defend" himself after being indicted on rape and other sex crime charges, which he strongly denies. Attorney Benjamin Brafman says he'll ask a court to dismiss the indictment. A grand jury handed it up Wednesday, hours after Brafman said Weinstein had decided not to testify before the secret panel. Brafman said there wasn't... Читать дальше...

The hypodermic needles that have become a frequent sighting on San Francisco streets are starting to appear on BART, sometimes wedged within cushions and wall crevices. In response to a growing number of complaints from Bay Area riders of needles littering the region’s transit system — as well as a media report of a woman being pricked by a hypodermic needle — BART is enlisting more members for its rapid response team to manage urgent cleaning needs on trains and a mobile option for passengers to file bio-hazard complaints... Читать дальше...